The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 184 Zhou Lingying is a bit snobbish
Director Hou has great power in the reclamation farm, but most people here are honest. Otherwise, if you want to do some side business to increase your income, you don’t consider what products are easy to operate in the reclamation farm, but we will make whatever you want.

"Brother Hou, you have a lumber mill here. Can I transport this wood?" Jiang Cheng changed the subject. Director Hou had no say in the warehouse matters, but from what he said it wasn't a big problem.

"You want wood too, what can you do with it?" Director Hou was a little confused when he heard Jiang Cheng say this.

If it was food, Jiang Cheng could just work with a big factory privately to handle it all. Director Hou didn't believe that Jiang Cheng would buy things from them and then sell them on the black market to make a profit.

It's not that you can't make money on the black market, but the risk is too great. It's not worth it for Jiang Cheng to do it.

Those managers actually know the existence of the black market and where it is. They usually just monitor it but don't arrest people. After all, it's not just ordinary people who have demand. Some leading cadres, who are relatively poor, also have their families go to the black market to buy food and the like.

The real ones to be arrested are those who make a fortune by earning the price difference. Those black market organizers are just trying to make a living. If the organizers dare to buy a large amount of goods to sell, and specialize in buying low and buying high, then don't blame the armband wearers for arresting them.

Therefore, Director Hou always believed that Jiang Cheng would not sell things on the black market. He was a driver, and a driver for the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Helping some units to carry goods was already a big job, but the risk might not be that big. It was really not worth it to make money on the black market.

It's not the black market, there are also private people who come here to ask for some wood. At most, they are individuals who want some wood to make furniture, not much. Even if they want that little, it's not enough for Director Hou to come out.

But now Jiang Cheng used the word "pull", which obviously didn't mean a little bit.

"There is a factory that needs this." Jiang Cheng replied.

Director Hou pondered for a while. Logically, all factories in China are state-owned enterprises. If you need wood, you can go to a nearby wood factory to get a permit to transport wood.

I have seen some units come here privately to ask for charcoal when it is cold, but no unit has ever asked for wood privately. But Jiang Cheng can ask for a large amount, which is a good thing for Director Hou, because these trees are not part of the plan.

Previously, at the timber factory, the people below would get some benefits and process some timber for individuals. For Director Hou, he really looked down on those small things. Now Jiang Cheng wants to bring a whole truck, so we have to have a good chat.

This conversation lasted for more than an hour. Jiang Cheng not only wanted wood, but also charcoal. Anyway, Director Hou didn't know what he didn't want except fish.

Even though it is only late September, charcoal has already started to be burned in large quantities. The current charcoal burning is still based on traditional technology, and it takes 7 to 15 days to make a batch of charcoal.

Due to production restrictions, they start firing now and then store it. They will be supplied after a few months when the weather gets colder. Even then, the supply is still insufficient.

Most families cannot afford charcoal in winter, so people in the south use coal stoves for heating. If you burn coal, it is easy to cause accidents if the room is too airtight, causing carbon monoxide poisoning.

After staying at the farm for more than two hours, even at three o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Cheng had no intention of staying here. If he went back earlier, he could spend more time with Zhou Lingying without shame.

He doesn't plan to take a leave this time when he returns. He will stay at home for one night at most, and then continue to take on the list of external transfers to internal affairs in Guangzhou the next day.

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The next day, noon.

Zhou Lingying finished her lunch happily. She had a chicken drumstick and some chicken at noon. She mixed a little chicken soup with the rice and she could finish a bowl of rice quickly.

However, her pregnancy symptoms have become more obvious recently, and sometimes she has dry heaving. As for appetite, Zhou Lingying does not have the same loss of appetite as pregnant women in the early stages of pregnancy, where everything has no taste.

It should be said that most women in this era do not show symptoms of anorexia when they are pregnant.

Some women usually have nothing to eat, but when they get pregnant, they cook something good at home. They won't be hypocritical and say they have no appetite. They can simply cook noodles and eggs, and not waste any soup.

In addition to occasional dry heaving, Zhou Lingying also began to doze off easily. After cleaning up the dishes at noon, Zhou Lingying would basically go back to her room, turn on the radio, and then lie on the bed to sleep for a while.

"Lingying, your husband has been out for a week this time. I wonder if he will be back soon." In the middle of the pool in the yard, Xiao Li saw Zhou Lingying washing a pot, so she stepped forward to greet her and asked.

"Well, he should be back in the next two days." Zhou Lingying responded.

"What did you say your man will bring back this time? He must be going to the beach again this time. If he brought back some kelp, could you sell some to me?" Xiao Li asked.

Last time Jiang Cheng went to Shanghai, he got some brown sugar to sell to everyone. This brown sugar is really good. If there is a grown woman at home, it is really good to drink some brown sugar water after that.

Even if you don't want to drink it yourself, you will owe a favor to your relatives if you sell it to them because it requires a ticket.

As everyone knows, the last time Jiang Cheng came back, Jiang Cheng asked Zhou Lingying to give a lot of kelp to Zhu Lan in the backyard and asked Zhu Lan to deal with it.

Now Zhu Lan is the director of the supply and marketing cooperative. Although she is the deputy, everyone calls her Director Zhu.

Zhou Lingying calls her sister Zhu, and Zhu Lan calls Zhou Lingying sister Lingying. This is a relationship of interest, and they will take the initiative to protect it.

At least Zhou Lingying can now eat some melon seeds at home when she has nothing to do, which are sent by Zhu Lan.

Speaking of kelp, Zhou Lingying now has some at home, but she doesn't want to sell it alone to Xiao Li.

The reason is very simple. It may be that Zhou Lingying started to become snobbish and began to care about gains and losses when interacting with others.

Xiao Li's husband, Zhang Yang, is now a team leader in the enamel factory. The team leader's salary is two yuan higher than that of ordinary employees, and when the monthly salary is paid, there will be more benefits, even if it is an extra bar of soap or a few boxes of matches.

At least Zhu Lan got promoted, and she even remembered to give Zhou Lingying some melon seeds. On salary day, she also gave Zhou Lingying a bar of soap distributed by the supply and marketing cooperative.

Zhou Lingying didn't need a piece of soap, at least the other person showed some attitude. She felt that her neighbor Zhang Yang across the street was not a good person, and only thanked her verbally. He didn't even know to send something as a token of his appreciation. It was her business whether to accept it or not, but if you didn't, you would be wrong.

It is no wonder that Zhang Yang is still an ordinary employee after working for more than ten years.

"I can't make the decision on this, but don't worry, whatever the people in the yard have, your family will definitely have as well. I just don't know if my man will bring anything back this time. He can't bring anything back every time he goes on a business trip." Zhou Lingying said.

Hearing Zhou Lingying's answer, Xiao Li hesitated a bit. She was looking for Zhou Lingying to say this now, meaning that she wanted her to take care of it privately. For example, she could sell her some of the things that Zhu Lan was going to sell.

But Zhou Lingying obviously didn't give her "face", but think about it, Zhou Lingying is young. Young women are willing to talk to young women. Chen Li and Wang Yuzhen in the yard, and a woman in the backyard, are all in their twenties. The child is not very old either, although older than Zhou Lingying, but they can indeed talk more.

Now Zhou Lingying's belly is not big, and she prefers to talk about how to raise a baby. Xiao Li's children are already in their teens. In a few years, if she can't find a job for her children, they may also have to go to the countryside far away.

The focus of the discussion about the child was not on the same point, so even though Xiao Li and Zhou Lingying had known each other for a long time, they were not as close as others. Others were not treated specially, let alone her.

After Zhou Lingying washed the dishes and pots, she said a few polite words to Xiao Li and went back to her room to sleep. She was tired and wanted to go back to her room to lie down, listen to the radio and take a nap.

Half an hour later, Jiang Cheng drove to the road outside the alley of the yard.

There were a lot of rolls of printed cotton in the space, and Jiang Cheng was thinking about how much to take to the yard. This fine printed cotton, should I give some to the neighbors? Thinking that such a good thing, like other things, it seems a bit of a waste to give some to each neighbor.

At least he could let everyone know that he had cloth, but if they wanted to buy it, they had to go to his house and ask for it. Otherwise, if every family had it, the neighbors would feel that it was their due. Even if they spent money to buy his things, they would feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)